in taipei

It is a basic tenet of sniping operations that there are enough snipers (at least two for each known target) deployed to neutralize as many of the terrorists as possible with the first volley of shots.

I NOTICED in myself an interesting behavior, one which I’m sure is not unique to me. I drink a lot of water, and so carry around a large Starbucks tumbler (it was a gift–I don’t drink coffee and if I did I wouldn’t drink SBUX). I tend to refill when it gets light and perhaps 2/3 empty. It occurred to me that effectively this is equivalent to refilling a bottle 2/3 the size of my tumbler when it is completely empty. I would be 50% more efficient if I refilled only when empty, and save 33% on refill runs.

Of course it’s probably healthy to stretch one’s legs more often anyway.

Absorb what is useful. Discard what is not. Add what is uniquely your own.

Relaxation is essential for faster and more powerful punching. Let your lead punch shoot out loosely and easily; do not tighten up or clench your fist until the moment of impact. All punches should end with a snap several inches behind the target. Thus, you punch through the opponent instead of at him.

A powerful athlete is not a strong athlete, but one who can exert his strength quickly. Since power equals force times speed, if the athlete learns to make faster movements he increases his power, even though the contractile pulling strength of his muscles remains unchanged. Thus, a smaller man who can swing faster may hit as hard or as far as the heavier man who swings slowly.

It is not wise at all to attack without first having gained control of the opponent’s movement time or hand position. Thus, a smart fighter uses every means at his disposal, patiently and systematically, to draw the stop-hit. It brings the adversary’s hand or leg within his reach and gives him the opportunity to gain control of it.

When, in a split second, your life is threatened, do you say, “let me make sure my hand is on my hip, and my style is ‘the’ style?” When your life is in danger, do you argue about the method you will adhere to while saving yourself? Why the duality?

replays are at sc2rep.com. few thoughts:

-probe stacking closer minerals does make a difference. especially in naniwa vs tyler you can see clearly see naniwa is ahead in resources and it translates to earlier everything, which is especially crucial (or especially obvious) in this matchup.
-when rushing 4gate naniwa 16cyberneticses which I’ve also been working with lately.
-naniwa vs tyler on scrap station he proxy 9gated but the interesting thing is he teched at home anyway. not sure what his thoughts are, maybe to give you an out if it’s early scouted?
-naniwa vs tyler metalopolis he ran up with first 3 units before 4warpgate finished to kill the sentry. it was of course a bad forcefield though and tyler was behind in tech as well.
-pvp is still mind numbing.

Up until now I was laddering without vetoes. After the reset I’ve decided not to play Metalopolis, Slag Pits, and Typhon Peaks.

Cheers. (I play protoss btw)

A couple interesting plays in IEM:

1) Ace vs White-ra on Shakuras Plateau. Ace knows white-ra has a hidden pylon and ignores it for quite a period. white-ra sends wave after wave of zealots which do nothing.

2) Game 5 Ace vs Moon. Ace does not anticipate banelings (I think he thought roaches) and sacrifices probes to save cannons–an absurdity to most protoss players.